Grant Buckley had only ridden once before at Warren and he handled Molasses to perfection for Dennis Bush.
- Col Hodges
Racing in career best form, the Dennis Bush, Forbes-trained Molasses after winning the Crystal Sprint at Coonamble and finishing second at Coonabarabran, defeated an outstanding field in the 1200 metres Kurri Kurri Boys Sprint at Warren.
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During his lengthy career, Grant Buckley had only ridden once before at Warren and he handled Molasses to perfection for Dennis Bush and the Grenfell-based owner Danny Kotel.
Allowed plenty of time to settle, Molasses ($5.50) sprinted home from well back to account for Professor Marx (Daniel Northey, $11) and Go Beau Jangles (Ken Dunbar, $41).
Molasses has now recorded nine wins and eight placings from 35 starts.
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Returning home after racing at remote tracks in outback Queensland, the five year old mare Bells 'N' Bows has struck top form with three successive wins including the 1600 metres Qube Logistics Cotton Cup on Sunday at Warren.
Trained at Nyngan by Rodney Robb for Wayne Brown and partners, Bells 'N' Bows in August campaigned at the Simpson Desert Carnival and was placed at Betoota, Birdsville and Bedourie.
Back in New South Wales, Bells 'N' Bows ran second at Come By Chance Picnics and at Forbes before winning at Dubbo, Narromine and Warren.
Ridden by the talented apprentice Wendy Peel in the $32,000 Cotton Cup, Bells 'N' Bows ( $14 ) travelled third to the home turn then dashed to the lead and held on to beat Sea Lady (Mathew Cahill, $12) by a length with Quick Spin (Daniel Northey, $13) a long neck away third.
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Grant Buckley then won the Landmark Operations Benchmark 58 Handicap (1000 metres) on the Luke Morgan, Tamworth trained Fussdinado ($2.80 favourite) which parked behind the pacemakers before finishing best to beat Rufio (Clayton Gallagher, $5.50) and Tattinger (Chelsea Ings, $15).
Dubbo based Ken Dunbar also rode a winning double, Boult ($3.60 fav.) for Coonamble trainer Ian Holland and on the Bryan Dixon, Gilgandra trained $31 outsider Blinkin Nomore.
Success also for Dubbo when the Garry Lunn trained Oracabessa (Billy Cray, $6) produced a strong finish to win the Halcroft & Bennett BM 58 Handicap (1400 metres) from Moratai (Grant Buckley, $7.50) and Dart Street (Ashley Morgan, $6.50).
Despite being a last start winner at Mudgee, the Peter. W. Stanley, Bathurst trained The Long Run started at $26 when leading throughout to win the QLD Cotton Class 3 Handicap (1200 metres) with the trainers daughter apprentice Ashleigh Stanley in the saddle.
Back from a month long holiday in Europe, Tiffany Jeffries led all the way on Ruby Lil ($6) to win the 1000 metres Qube Logistics Maiden Handicap for her mother, Parkes trainer Sharon Jeffries.